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Access to Work Programme: Cost Benefit Analysis

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 5 March 2025UIN 33697

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a cost-benefit analysis of the Access to Work scheme.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department has not assessed the potential merits of conducting a cost-benefit analysis of the Access to Work scheme and currently does not have plans to do so.

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